Tustna Municipality
Tustna Municipality
Tustna kommune | |
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| Tusteren herred (historic name) | |
Satellite image of Tustna from NASA | |
Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Tustna within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 63°09′42″N 08°06′32″E / 63.16167°N 8.10889°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Nordmøre |
| Established | 1 Jan 1874 |
| • Preceded by | Edøy Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 2006 |
| • Succeeded by | Aure Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Gullstein |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2003-2005) | Ingunn Golmen (Sp) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 141.13 km2 (54.49 sq mi) |
| • Land | 137.75 km2 (53.19 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3.38 km2 (1.31 sq mi) 2.4% |
| • Rank | #363 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 907.81 m (2,978.38 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 1,006 |
| • Rank | #411 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −11.1% |
| Demonym | Tustning |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1572 |
Tustna is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 141-square-kilometre (54 sq mi) municipality existed from 1874 until 2006 when it became part of the present-day Aure Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Gullstein. The municipality was located in Nordmøre and it included the main islands of Tustna, Stabblandet, and Solskjelsøya, as well as many smaller, surrounding islets between the Edøyfjorden and the Vinjefjorden.
Prior to its dissolution in 2006, the 141-square-kilometre (54 sq mi) municipality was the 363rd largest by area out of the 433 municipalities in Norway. Tustna Municipality was the 411th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,006. The municipality's population density was 7.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 11.1% over the previous 10-year period.